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• Maryland

Zirpoli: More women needed in political leadership positions

• Elections

College student hopes delegation job is start of political career

• Central Intelligence Agency

CIA tapes prosecutor gets complex cases

• U.S. Department of Justice

Justice suffers when it's political

• Crime

Cisneros indictment Felonies charged: Events suggest special counsel law worked as it was supposed to.

• Janet Reno

FBI director details dispute with Reno Freeh says he favors outside counsel to probe fund-raising

• U.S. Senate

Clinton says he'll give Lee post at Justice during Senate recess Hatch warns president not to make interim appointment to rights job

• Janet Reno

Hatch asks Freeh to begin own probe 'Concurrent' inquiry on fund raising apart from Reno's is urged

• Janet Reno

Investigation into Clinton-Gore fund-raising should continue

• U.S. Department of Justice

Scope of Reno's initial inquiries is one issue raised by her decision Were things overlooked by narrowly cast probes?

• Republican Party

Reno's judgment day No special prosecutor: Clinton, Gore off the hook for soliciting campaign donations via their office telephones.

• Janet Reno

Reno rules out special prosecutor She clears Clinton, Gore of wrongdoing on White House calls; O'Leary cleared of bribe; Investigation was too narrowly focused, say FBI chief, GOP

• Janet Reno

Special counsel decision is due Most signs indicate Reno won't ask probe of Clinton, Gore; Democrats want to move on; GOP vows to push attorney general, FBI for fund-raising probe

• Crime

Probe of Cisneros will not let go 2 1/2 years, $4 million and no end in sight

• FBI

Clinton, Gore questioned by FBI about fund raising White House delays public announcement

• Janet Reno

RFK, as JFK's guardian angel

• Asia

Senate campaign hearings fail to match expectations But the seamier side of fund raising was clear

• Elections

GOP tries to keep spotlight on Clinton But Democrats point to Reagan, Dole actions

• Janet Reno

Reno's future on the line Anniversary: Attorney General Janet Reno (right) faces her biggest test when she decides next month whether a special prosecutor should investigate whether the president broke campaign laws.

• Janet Reno

House GOP grills Reno amid sharp criticism of fund-raising probe She 'wants to reach consensus' with Freeh

• Janet Reno

Handling of tapes irks Reno White House delay in revealing film of coffees causes rift; 'I was very disturbed'; Attorney general also answers critics; vows she won't be rushed

• U.S. Senate

A curious coffee klatch at the White House

• U.S. Senate

Still more surprise videotapes put White House on defensive Finance reform votes and Ickes' testimony due in Senate today

• Republican Party

Reno's slow road Gore's phone calls: Next phase is to determine need for an independent counsel.

• Janet Reno

Reno's autonomy clearing path in fund-raising probe Clinton, GOP lack leverage; look at Gore is set to deepen today

• Elections

Soft money, soft law, hard morality Statute: Whether a special prosecutor is needed to investigate President Clinton largely hinges on an ambiguous statute dating from 1883 and revised in 1980.

• Janet Reno

Independent counsel forces Democrats onto the defensive

• Hillary Clinton

Clinton steps up fund raising He continues to seek money, despite threat of special prosecutor

• White House

GOP assails Reno for 'late' probe on fund raising Republican leaders step up pressure on attorney general

• Crime

Reno replaces top investigators on campaign funds Internal tension, outcries from Congress spur push to improve the inquiry

• Janet Reno

Gore toughs out the most perilous time of his career He may yet face probe by a special prosecutor over campaign violations

• Republican Party

Campaign finance hearing turns into two-ring circus plus hallway Irate Democratic leader arrives unannounced, apologizes for transfers

• White House

Strange that Gore could work so hard and still be so out of the loop

• Elections

Campaign probe puts Gore in unflattering light Investigation by Congress seen as possibly harmful to 2000 presidential bid

• Fred Thompson

GOP senator accuses Justice of impeding fund-raising inquiry Thompson questions parallel investigation, objections to immunity

• Hillary Clinton

Reno opposes deal for Huang Senator leading probe says attorney general is against immunity

• U.S. Supreme Court

Brady bill gun control weakened Supreme Court says background checks violate states' rights; Ruling made on 5-4 vote; Many jurisdictions are expected to continue practice

• Crime

Criminal probes shadow tobacco Cigarette makers face federal investigations on top of civil lawsuits; 3 grand juries involved; Industry executives could face prison if convicted of fraud

• Janet Reno

Republican overreaction to the Reno decision

• Democratic Party

Reno holds on to fund-raising probe Attorney general says there's no need for special prosecutor

• White House

Gore says he solicited from office Vice president asserts he is not subject to fund-raising ban; Won't call 'ever again'; Pressure on Reno to seek appointment of prosecutor grows

• White House

Using White House for donors 'appropriate,' Clinton insists Experts are divided over whether law on donations was broken

• Hillary Clinton

Clinton taps Reno, Richardson, Daley Commerce, U.N. posts go to loyalists

• White House

Reno likely to keep job for now, officials say White House is abuzz as counsel Quinn resigns

• Janet Reno

Justice task force will probe fund raising fully, Reno says Denied special prosecutor, House Republicans seeking Democratic Party records

• Hillary Clinton

Let Justice serve Reno's chance: AG has to prove department can handle campaign funding scandal.

• U.S. Senate

Lott cites Senate 'responsibility' to probe Democrats' fund raising But new majority leader hopes to get session off to harmonious start

• Janet Reno

Why Reno must appoint a special prosecutor to investigate DNC scandal

• Janet Reno

Justice holds on to fund probe Attorney general rejects new requests for special prosecutor; Demand called 'far short'; Agency declares it can objectively investigate donations to Clinton

• Janet Reno

Corruption on a grand scale Campaign abuses: Reno should appoint independent counsel to investigate both parties.